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>> Introduction

>> Prologue and Training in England
>> Across the Channel to France
>> Joining the Battalion at Duisans
>> Into the trenches - The Battle of Arras
>> Heading north to Ypres
>> Into the trenches - The Third Battle of Ypres
>> Back to England

>> Bradley - Closest friend and companion
>> Postscript


30th April 1917

Gas all day - chlorine.
Three times tear gas.
Box respirators.
Sergeant J S Hunt of East Ham as instructor.
Pass to Harfleur and Havre - Montivilleurs. 4-9
Tea at Salvation Army Hut with Foster.

Original diary entry
Original journal notes
Google Maps entry for Harfleur here
Google Maps entry for Montivilliers here